Station Astronaut Snaps Super Sharp View of the Great Pyramids from Space
Station Astronaut Snaps Super Sharp View of the Great Pyramids from Space
by Ken Kremer on June 13, 2015
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The Great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza from space and the International Space Station on 10 June 2015.
“It took me until my last day in space to get a good picture of these!
Credit: NASA/Terry Virts/@AstroTerry
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On his last full day in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Terry Virts at last captured a truly iconic shot of one of the “Seven Wonders of the World” – the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
Virts snapped the exquisitely sharp view of the Egyptian pyramids at Giza on June 10 looking out from the stations windows, just hours before entering the Soyuz return spaceship and closing the hatches behind him for his planned plummet back to Earth.
He proudly posted the spectacular photo on his twitter social media account from space while serving as station commander of Expedition 43.
The three pyramids of Giza dominate the fantastically beautiful photo. They are located about 9 km (5 mi) from the town of Giza on the Nile, and some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of the Egyptian capital city of Cairo.
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What a shot!
that's probably as close as I'll ever get, so thanks for posting. Stunning.
